Şırnak (Province)

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Şırnak
Province number: 73
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Basic data
Coordinates: 37 ° 27 '  N , 42 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 27 '  N , 42 ° 34'  E
Provincial capital: Şırnak
Region: Southeast Anatolia
Surface: 7,078 km²
Population: 524,190 (2018)
Population density: 74 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor: Mehmet Aktaş
Seats in Parliament: 4th
Structural
Telephone code: 0486
Features : 73
Website
www.sirnak.gov.tr (Turkish)

Şırnak ( Kurdish Şirnex ) is a province of Turkey in the border triangle with Iraq and Syria . The capital is also called Şırnak . The province is bordered by Siirt and Van to the north, Hakkâri to the east and Mardin to the west . It has an area of ​​7,078 km² and is 1400 m high on average. The province was created by splitting off from Siirt Province in May 1990 (Law No. 3647). In addition to the capital Şırnak, there are another 18 municipalities (cities) and 194 villages.

Important rivers are the Tigris , the Hezil, the Çağlayan and the Kızılsu, with Kızılsu, Hezil and Habur flowing into the Tigris. The most important mountains are the Cudi with 2089 m, the Gabar, the Namaz and the Altın mountains.

Administrative division

The province is divided into seven districts (also districts, İlçe ):

district Area 1
(km²) 		Population (2018) 2 Number of Units Density
(Ew / km²) 		urban
share (in%) 		Sex
ratio 3 		Founding
date 4.5
District ( İlçe ) Administrative headquarters
(Merkez) 		Municipalities
(Belediye) 		City
quarter
(Mahalle) 		Villages
(Köy)
Beytüşşebap 1,647 17,227 6,641 1 4th 26th 10.5 38.55 762
Cizre 444 143.124 121,073 1 10 31 322.4 84.59 956
Güçlükonak 466 13.091 4,695 2 6th 19th 28.1 55.95 789 1990
İdil 1,148 76,523 28.199 3 9 63 66.7 45.05 996 1937
Silopi 831 134,754 94.174 4th 20th 23 162.2 84.19 906 1960
Şırnak Merkez 1,701 93,431 54,955 4th 24 19th 54.9 84.22 813 1990
Uludere 841 46.040 11,363 4th 18th 13 54.7 55.23 723 1957
Şırnak PROVINCE 7,078 524.190 19th 91 194 74.1 73.84 888

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1 Area 2014
2 Population update as of December 31, 2018
3 Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
4th Ministry of Interior PDF
5Counties that were not formed until after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

The province is mostly inhabited by Kurds . The names of the districts in Kurdish are:

At the 2011 census, the mean age in the province was 18.1 years (national average: 29.6), with the male population being on average 0.8 years older than the female (18.5-17.7). At that time, Şırnak Province had the youngest population of all 81 Turkish provinces.

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and the sex ratio (are Sex Ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 453,828 inhabitants, over 100,000 more than in the 2000 census.

year Population at the end of the year Population growth
rate (in%)

 Gender
ratio
(women per
1000 men) 		Rank
(among 81 provinces)
total male Female
2018 524.190 277,585 246,605 4.16 888 43
2017 503.236 263,831 239,405 4.02 907 43
2016 483,788 251.392 232.396 −1.30 924 43
2015 490.184 256,529 233,655 0.25 911 43
2014 488.966 255.228 233,738 2.88 916 43
2013 475.255 246,547 228,708 1.77 928 43
2012 466.982 244.221 222,761 1.96 912 43
2011 457.997 240,487 217.510 6.48 904 44
2010 430.109 219.187 210.922 −0.07 962 45
2009 430.424 225.115 205,309 0.26 912 44
2008 429.287 226.261 203.026 3.19 897 44
2007 416.001 217.068 198.933 - 916 46
2000 1 353.197 193,534 159,663 825 54

1 2000 census

Population of the counties

The values ​​from 1990 and 2000 are based on the population censuses, the remaining (2007-2018) are population figures at the end of the year, determined by updating the population register introduced in 2007 (ADNKS)

district 1990 2000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Beytüşşebap 22,409 20,659 19,947 19,462 17,793 17,537 17,836 17,288 17,425 16,961 17,100 16,291 16,247 17,227
Cizre 63,626 82,042 105,651 110.267 113.041 117,429 122,967 124,804 129,578 132,857 131,816 133.908 140.372 143.124
Güçlükonak 12,878 10,300 9,958 9,825 9,601 9,576 12,034 13,069 11,692 12,023 12,267 12,139 12,166 13.091
İdil 44,064 59,993 67,630 67,854 67,999 69,090 70.187 71,147 72,379 73,348 72,946 73,242 74,412 76,523
Silopi 46,946 75.192 96,690 100.505 100,641 104.094 112,582 114,754 117,665 121.110 121,463 124.060 129,848 134,754
Merkez 47,154 69,853 78.231 82,863 87,000 77,865 85,369 87,719 87,187 91,573 92.206 82,468 85,557 93,431
Uludere 24,929 35,158 37,894 38,511 34,349 34,518 37,022 38.201 39,329 41.094 42,386 41,680 44,634 46.040
Total province 262.006 353.197 416.001 429.287 430.424 430.109 457.997 466.982 475.255 488.966 490.184 483,788 503.236 524.190

elections

Şırnak is the stronghold of the People's Democratic Party. The Justice and Development Party is having a hard time getting a MP from Şırnak, but the party got a MP in the last election.

Parliamentary election 2018 results from Şırnak
Political party percent
Halkların Democracy Partisi
  
 70.2%
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
  
 18.2%
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
  
 4.0%
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
  
 2.7%
Otherwise.
  
 5.0%

etymology

  • The name Şırnak is said to be derived from the word Şehr-i Nuh , which means Noach's city. This became Şerneh and then Şırnak . According to the Koran, the Cudi mountain is considered to be the landing place of Noah's Ark .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on April 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Şırnak Province website (portrait of the governor) , accessed April 23, 2019
  3. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
  4. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
  6. ↑ 1990 census (Turkish)
  7. ↑ 2000 census (Turkish)
  8. ↑ MDS / Central Dissemination System from TÜIK (Eng./Turk.)